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Soapbox – a Twitter-style chat app

Soapbox is a chat app written using Faye and jQuery, with functionality
modelled on that of Twitter. You can pick a username, type in some users to
follow, and enter messages. You receive messages from anyone you're
following, and any messages that mention you using the @username
syntax.

Running the demo

There are two backends that handle message routing; one for Node.js and one
for Rack. To run the Node.js version:

You can also use Thin to run the app as long as Rack::Lint is not
being used (it complains about the status codes Thin uses for async
responses).

rackup -s thin -E production examples/rack/config.ru

Note that Faye does not depend on Sinatra; the demo just uses it to provide
a concrete app behind the Faye middleware.

Source code

There is no server-side logic for this app; the Faye server simply handles
message routing between clients and all subscriptions are set up on the
client side. Since this is a simple demo of client-side messaging, your
username and followees are not persisted across page reloads. The source
code for the client is at: